For you history buffs . . .

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Library of Congress has a great presentation of Presidential Inaugurations:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html

On the LOC Learning Page, there are curriculum connections for U.S. History, Critical Thinking and Arts & Humanities:

summary of resources
"I Do Solemnly Swear..." Presidential Inaugurations, is a collection of approximately four hundred items or two thousand digital files from each of the fifty-four inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W. Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs, and sheet music.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/col ... story.html

You who have kids who might want to prime their brains over break.

Enjoy!